My name is Emil Velichkov (https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilvelichkov).Together with Konstantin Krustev (https://www.linkedin.com/in/konstantinkrastev) we are responsible for development, maintenance and security of *.bitdelegate and some seed nodes.Since we heard about III (december 2013) we immediately realized the potential of the concept and the (un)imaginable possible applications of DAC(s).We haven't stopped mining Bitshares-PTS with all the GPUs we have (except for 2x GTX 780 which do pretty good job for gaming) even though it is not profitable anymore.

We have set up 2 facilities about 20 km apart with high speed fiber-optic internet (100mbit upload and 100mbit download), backup internet connection with similar capabilities but different ISP. UPS and dedicated high-end hardware (Each server has Quad Core CPU,32GB RAM, SSD, HDDs in HW Raid). We have split the delegates into these 2 locations. Each location backs the other one. We have also backups on the cloud.

Currently we are hosting:BitsharesX delegates:

angel.bitdelegate (Active, 3%) - Its income is intended to be used to fund projects beneficial for Bitshares ecosystem.immortal.bitdelegate (Active, 3%) - Its income is intended to be used for maintenance and development of delegates/seed nodes and anything needed for Bitshares ecosystem. The goal is to provide seed node(s) and delegates for any new or small project related to Bitshares.lotto.bitdelegate (Active, 3%) - I'll shut it down when it is voted out:https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=5368.msg106083#msg106083. All the funds will be distributed via lottery.emski.bitdelegate (Active, 3%) - I'll use it for testing the new versions before updating other delegates. Current experience I have is that updating as soon as the update is released results in instability and missed blocks and/or forks.Seed node 84.238.140.192:42577 ( Active )

How the funds gathered so far are spent: I haven't used "wallet_delegate_withdraw_pay" except in the test networks.

I'll provide dedicated hosting to any project beneficial to Bitshares ecosystem (free of charge as long as I have sufficient resources left and its requirements are sane) PM me or write here for requests.

Any changes will be added to this post. Any updates will be posted in this thread.

We have set up 2 facilities about 20 km apart with high speed fiber-optic internet (100mbit upload and 100mbit download), backup internet connection with similar capabilities but different ISP. UPS and dedicated high-end hardware (Each server has Quad Core CPU,32GB RAM, SSD, HDDs in HW Raid). We have split the delegates into these 2 locations. Each location backs the other one. We have also backups on the cloud.

My primary ISP decided to do an unplanned "maintenance" at 2:15 - 3:30 AM again.Few issues were exposed:1 Both locations use the same primary ISP. If its international connection is down => everything is down.2 Automatic ISP switching didn't work as expected.3 Notification system is unreliable if I'm asleep.